The acid test on how well you understand your lover is always when he or she says or does something it would never occur to you to say or do under any circumstances. So when it happens it comes at you right out of the blue. Here are some examples we’ve found in working with […]
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In Healthy Relationships, Lovers Always Discover the Sub-text of Their Arguments
Whenever lovers argue, what they usually fight about isn’t the real argument. There’s always some fear or deeper hurt that gets triggered by your tone of voice, the way you’re looking at each other and especially when one of you loses it and just blows up. Probably the worst way to argue is not to […]
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A Healthy Relationship Means Stretching for Your Lover
A great way to build or maintain a healthy relationship is to learn what’s really important to your lover. An important exercise that we use at Marriage Couples Counseling in New York City is taken from Harville Hendrix’s Imago Therapy. It’s called Stretching for your Lover.
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The Couples Dialog: The Secret to Healthy Relationship
The couples’ dialogue is the secret to a healthy, lasting relationship with your lover. In the same way that Yoga helps you find a deeper connection to your inner self, the couples’ dialogue helps you find a deeper connection to your lover.
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Your First Meeting with our Marriage or Couples Counselor: The Foundation of a Healthy Relationship.
There are three important objectives in your first meeting with our marriage and couples counselors. 1. To make it safe for each of you to put simple words on what you’re feeling and going through without intellectualizing, analyzing, talking down to or criticizing each other.
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